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  Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A second Earldom was bestowed on the fourteenth Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1937, the title being Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900 - 2002), the Queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until 1952, was the daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1643-1695)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Kinghorne   (425 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Earl of Leicester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Earl of Leicester was created in the 12th century as a title in the Peerage of England (title now extinct), and is currently a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1837.
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208 – August 4, 1265) was the principal leader of the baronial opposition to king Henry III of England.
Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (1280 - March 22, 1322) was one of the leaders of the barons opposed to Edward II of England.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Earl-of-Leicester   (3210 words)

  
 Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (14 March 1855–7 November 1944) was the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
He was born at Lowndes Square in London, the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his wife, the former Frances Smith.
From 1937 Bowes-Lyon was known as "14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne," because he was the 14th Earl in the peerage of Scotland but the 1st Earl in the peerage of the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Claude_Bowes-Lyon,_14th_Earl_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne   (317 words)

  
 HEREDITARY PEERAGES IN THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND BELOW THE RANK OF A MARQUESS
55 Lordship of Lyon and Glamis 10 July 1606(The Lordship belongs to the Earldom of Kinghorne and is held by the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne).
106 Lordship of Bruce of Torry 26 December 1647(The Lordship belongs to the Earldom of Kincardine and is held by the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine).
122 Lordship of Glamis,Tannadyce,Sidlaw and Stradichtie 1 July 1677(The Lordship belongs to the Earldom of Strathmore and is held by the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne).
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 Encyclopedia: Earl of Caithness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
George, sixth Earl of the Sinclair line, was the last Earl to cause a disturbance in the normal succession of the title.
In 1677, the sixth Earl died, and King Charles II granted him a patent creating him Earl of Caithness.
That title is used as a courtesy title for the Earl's eldest son and heir.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Earl-of-Caithness   (870 words)

  
 Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The title Earl of Kinghorne was created in the Peerage of Scotland (Peerage of Scotland: the peerage of scotland is the division of the british peerage for those peers created...
A second Earldom was bestowed on the fourteenth Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (Peerage of the United Kingdom: more facts about this subject) in 1937, the title being Strathmore and Kinghorne.
The eldest son of the Earl uses as Lord Glamis as a courtesy title (courtesy title: a courtesy title is a form of address in the british peerage system used for wives, children,...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/earl_of_strathmore_and_kinghorne   (476 words)

  
 Clan Lyon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His son, the second Earl, was a close personal friend of the Marquess of Montrose and was with him when he subscribed to the National Covenant in 1638.
In 1677 the third Earl of Kinghorne obtained a new patent of nobility, being styled thereafter Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Viscount Lyon, Baron Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie.
The youngest daughter of the fourteenth Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne is HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
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 GLAMIS - LoveToKnow Article on GLAMIS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The chief object in the village is the sculptured stone, traditionally supposed to be a memorial of Malcolm II., although Forduns statement that the king was slain in the castle is now rejected.
When, in 1537, Janet Douglas, widow of the 6th Lord Glamis, was burned,at Edinburgh as a witch, for conspiring to procure James V,s death, Glamis was forfeited to the crown, but it was restored to her son six years later when her innocence had been established.
The 3rd earl of Strathmore entertained the Old Chevalier and eighty of his immediate followers in 1715.
36.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GL/GLAMIS.htm   (356 words)

  
 Biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - with a Scottish Flavour
In the 18th century, the 9th Earl of Strathmore married a wealthy heiress, Mary Eleanor Bowes.
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the ninth of ten brothers and sisters, was born on 4 August 1900, towards the end of the reign of Queen Victoria.
Her father, the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was late in recording the birth at the Registry Office at Hitchin, Hertfordshire (though she was probably born in London).
www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamelizabeth.htm   (533 words)

  
 Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne contains research on
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Lord Glamis (1445), Earls of Kinghorne (1606), Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1677) and Earldoms.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Earl_of_Strathmore   (417 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Acrimonious aristocrats agree to 'amicable' divorce
Michael Fergus Bowes Lyon, 47, the 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and great-nephew of the Queen Mother, had been expected to face his estranged wife, Isobel Charlotte, 41, the Countess of Strathmore, in an Edinburgh courtroom yesterday, in a legal contest to end their 20-year marriage.
The earl, a former president of the Boy’s Brigade who was Page of Honour to the Queen Mother at her marriage to the future King George VI, is believed to be staying on the family’s estate at Holwick in County Durham.
Lady Strathmore claimed a £5 million payment and sought an order which would oblige the earl to allow her to occupy Glamis Castle, or at least part of it, until 2016, when the youngest of their sons would be 25.
news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=776632004   (824 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Pair battle in divorce courts for Glamis Castle
Her father had been Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and she was the great aunt of the current earl.
At yesterday’s court hearing, the judge was told that the 18th earl and the countess married in 1984 in Piccadilly, London.
The countess is claiming a £5 million payment, and an order requiring the earl to allow her to occupy Glamis Castle until 2016, when the youngest of their three children reaches the age of 25.
news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=280682004   (1031 words)

  
 Claude George Bowes-Lyon 1855
Claude was born om 14 March 1855, the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Frances Dora Smith.
Nina Cecilia, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was born 11 September 1862, the daughter of Reverend Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck and Caroline Louisa Burnaby.
Alexander Francis Bowes-Lyon, third son of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore.
members.cox.net /ghgraham/claudegeorgebowes-lyon1855.html   (417 words)

  
 (16th) Baron Elphinstone 1869
Lord Elphinstone was born on 27 July 1869, the son of William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone, 15th Baron Elphinstone and Constance Euphemia Woronzow Murray, at the family seat of Carberry Tower, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Lady Mary was born on 30 August 1883, the daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Nina Cecilie Cavendish-Bentinck.
She was Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon, second daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and an elder sister of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
members.cox.net /ghgraham/sidneyelphinstone1869.html   (509 words)

  
 ELIZABETH BOWES-LYON FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the fourth daughter and the ninth of ten children of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne), and his wife, Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck.
An urban myth in the 1960s even claimed that she adopted by the Earl and Countess and was in fact one of twins born to a working class woman in Waterford in Ireland.
The Queen Mother's coat of arms were the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom impaled with the arms of those of her father, Earl of Strathmore.
www.beskov.com /Elizabeth_Bowes-Lyon   (3318 words)

  
 Uktravel.com - Castle Guide
His son, the 9th Lord Glamis, was created Earl of Kinghorne by James VI in 1606.
The 2nd Earl of Kinghorne was one of the wealthiest peers in Scotland but when he dies he was one of the poorest.
The 5th Earl joined the Jacobite cause and was killed at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715.
www.uktravel.com /castlecontent.asp?timeID=Glamis&offset=80   (901 words)

  
 Worldroots.com
Born in 1855, he became Lord Glamis in 1865 until 1904 when he became 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
In 1923 his daughter Lady Elizabeth accepted the marriage proposal of the Duke of York, and, in 1936 after the death of George V and Edward VIII's abdication, they became King and Queen.
Lord Strathmore died at the end of the second World War in 1944 aged eighty-nine.
worldroots.com /brigitte/royal/bio/claudebowesbio1855.html   (257 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (March 14, 1855 - November 7, 1944).
Bowes-Lyon was the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
He was born at Lowndes Square in London, the son of the 13th Earl and his wife, the former Frances Dora Smith.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Claude_Bowes-Lyon,_14th_Earl_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne   (161 words)

  
 TIME Europe | TIME Trail - Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Old William Fairweather, for over 30 years head game-keeper to the Duchess of York's father, Claud George Bowes-Lyon Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, died of a heart attack during the suspense of waiting for the Duchess of York to give birth to a possible heir to the Throne.
Britain was oblivious but tears glistened in the Earl of Strathmore's eyes as his servant was laid away in the castle grounds.
Version B: most of the Earls of Strathmore have been second sons, the firstborn sons, rightful heirs, being monsters which had to be spirited away.
www.time.com /time/europe/timetrails/queenmother/qm300901.html   (970 words)

  
 Worldroots.com
Thomas Lyon 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 1704-1753
Thomas Lyon-Bowes 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 1773-1846
Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 1824-1904
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 Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Telegraph | News | H R H The Princess Margaret
She was born at Glamis Castle, the historic family seat of her maternal grandfather, the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, on August 21 1930 - four and a half years after her elder sister, Princess Elizabeth of York.
Indeed, when The Earl and Countess of Wessex were married in June 1999, it was Princess Margaret who arrived in a wheelchair while the Queen Mother walked with the aid of a stick to her seat in St George's Chapel, Windsor.
Throughout her travails, the Princess continued to undertake for as long as she was well a full round of public duties, though the emergence of a new generation of newsworthy royals meant that she was not much noticed by the media.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/02/11/db1101.xml&sSheet=/portal/2002/02/11/ixport.html   (4428 words)

  
 Glamis Castle, Scotland, A TourUK Guide
Their grandson was made 1st Lord Glamis and since that time the family, later earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, have owned and lived at the castle.
In 1540 Lady Janet Douglas, widow of the Earl of Glamis was seized by James V and burned at the stake as a witch.
James VI was a frequent visitor and in the 17th century the family's favour with the king meant that the 9th Lord Glamis, later Earl of Kingborne, was able to embark on the task of remodeling the entire castle.
www.touruk.co.uk /castlesscot/castle_Glamis.htm   (365 words)

  
 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This royal matriarch was born in London, but her father was Earl of Strathmore and
Kinghorne, and their ancestral home, Glamis Castle in Sandringham, Scotland, is her favorite place.
Princess Margaret was born in August of 1930 at Glamis Castle.
www.tartans.com /articles/famscots/queenmum.html   (381 words)

  
 Glamis Castle
During the 18th century much of the present Glamis village was developed by the 9th Earl, and the rural community is still supported by the royal estate.
Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, the youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, married Prince Albert in 1923, ultimately to become Queen Elizabeth and King George VI.
Shortly after the marriage, the Countess of Strathmore converted a suite of rooms for the exclusive use of her daughter and new Royal husband to give them somewhere to relax, well away from the pressures of the busy public life they endured, and they used to return often.
www.theheritagetrail.co.uk /stately%20homes/glamis.htm   (520 words)

  
 The Last Empress
Surprisingly, owing to the Lyon heir having married into English families for six successive generations, of her 64 great-great-great-great-grandparents the 49 we have identified include only one Scot, the 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ~ d.
Elizabeth Noel, daughter of the Earl of Gainsborough ~ d.
www.baronage.co.uk /2002/qeebl-01.html   (357 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
The education of the daughters of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (as their father became in 1904) was entrusted to governesses - though Lady Strathmore also took pleasure in teaching her daughters.
The Strathmores had a house in London after the Earl had taken a lease on 20 St James's Square, and at a children's party in the capital the young Lady Elizabeth met Prince Albert, second son of George, Prince of Wales.
In 1960, she attended Princess Margaret's marriage to Antony Armstrong-Jones (later the Earl of Snowdon), and was delighted by the birth of her third grandchild, Prince Andrew.
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 thePeerage.com - Exhibit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He succeeded his father as fourteenth earl, 16 February 1904, and thereby also became the twenty-second Lord Glamis in the peerage of Scotland, and in the peerage of the United Kingdom the second Baron Bowes, of Streatlam Castle, in the county of Durham, and Lunedale, in Yorkshire.
Lord Strathmore was decorated with the grand cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1923, and subsequently he received from King George V the Order of the Thistle in 1928 and the Garter in 1935.
Lord Strathmore was of a retiring disposition, but was a very popular landlord, taking a strong personal interest in the welfare of his tenantry, and in the management of his estates.
www.thepeerage.com /e359.htm   (323 words)

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